Lopatanj
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Лопатањ Lopatanj |
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 View of the surrounding hills and forests around Lopatanj |
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Okrug : | Okrug Kolubara | ||||
| Opština : | Osečina | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 19 ' N , 19 ° 36' E | ||||
| Height : | 392 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 1,110 (2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 014 | ||||
| License plate : | VA | ||||
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| Community type: | Village | ||||
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| Patron saint : | St. Luke the Apostle | ||||
Lopatanj ( Serbian Cyrillic : Лопатањ) is a village in western Serbia . The village is located south of the municipality capital Osečina .
Geography and population
Lopatanj is located in Opština Osečina , in Okrug Kolubara in western central Serbia in western Podgorina , a historical region. The village had 1,110 inhabitants at the 2011 census, compared to 1,372 inhabitants in 2002. According to the last three population statistics, the number of inhabitants continues to fall.
The population is largely made up of Serbs . A Roman Catholic Slovene and a Czech , as well as 44 Roma, also live in the village . The place consists of 385 households.
Lopatanj consists of several hamlets , the largest of which is Cerje. The village is surrounded by some hills such as B. the Cvetno brdo, the Sušara and the Bojčica.
Demographics
| year | population |
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| 1948 | 2146 |
| 1953 | 2140 |
| 1961 | 2064 |
| 1971 | 1881 |
| 1981 | 1632 |
| 1991 | 1483 |
| 2002 | 1372 |
| 2011 | 1110 |
Infrastructure
Lopatanj has a primary school and a village shop with a small post office. There is also a soccer field in town.
religion
The majority of the population of Lopatanj professes the Serbian Orthodox Church . The Serbian Orthodox parish church of St. Apostles and Evangelist Luke is in the village .
The church belongs to the Podgorina deanery of the Valjevo Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The current priest is Milan Madžarević.
On October 31, 2017, the Slava (holiday) of St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist, Bishop Milutin (Knežević) visited the Bishop of the Eparchy Valjevo Lopatanj and gave the Holy Liturgy in the village church.
supporting documents
- Information about the church on the website of the Eparchy Valjevo , (Serbian)
- Article about the bishop's visit to the village on the website of the Serbian Orthodox Church , (Serbian)
- Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004, ISBN 86-84433-14-9
- Књига 1, Становништво, национална или етничка припадност, подаци по насељима, Репувништво, Репувништво, Репунак, Бурорс33, ISBN , .86,
- Књига 2, Становништво, пол и старост, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за стататистику, Беогеима, ISBN 86, Стататистику,